STOCKTON - The trial of Jason Ross Gilley, who is charged with the rape and murder of 23-year-old Dalene Carlson, is scheduled to begin April 8.

The date was settled upon in court proceedings Monday.

Carlson was last seen by her friends leaving with Gilley from Finnegan's Pub and Grill on Aug. 7, 2011, the weekend she disappeared. The two also were captured together on security video footage at Food 4 Less on West Hammer Lane.

Two months into a search for Carlson, her body was discovered in an Escalon cornfield along Lone Tree Road. Gilley, of Stockton, is charged with first-degree murder and special circumstances of kidnapping and rape, as well as firearms charges.